Let's take a look at the remade landscape of the NBA after one of the wildest weeks in league history. Winner: The champsThe Los Angeles Lakers got better, though it took two high-wire, last-minute moves to cinch it: retaining Kentavious Caldwell-Pope after a 48-hour game of chicken, and finagling a two-year deal for Marc Gasol. With Caldwell-Pope back and Wesley Matthews replacing Danny Green, the Lakers have five proven perimeter players aroundĀ LeBron JamesĀ and Anthony Davis -- the same number they had in the bubble, and enough for multiple Davis-at-center lineups.
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